Detachable sole-plate and spike for boots or shoes



(No Model l)s KINGSTON su W. H. MOGUNNIGLE.

DETAGHABLE SOLE PLATE AND SPIKE EUR BOOTS OE SHOES.

No. 383,133. Pm'nted May 22, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrce.

SAMUEL KINGSTON, OF EAST BRIDGEVATER, AND VILLIAM H. MOGUNNI- GLE, OF BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLE SOLE-PLATE AND SPIKE FOR BOOTS @PSII-ICES.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,133, dated May 22, 1888.

Application filed March 1G, 1858. Serial No. 267,309. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, SAMUEL KINGSTON and WILLIAM H. MGGUNNIGLE, residents, respectively, of East Bridgewater and of Brockton, both in thecounty of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BaseBall Spikes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention'has for its object to provide a [C spike for the soles of shoes of base-ball and cricket players which shall be readily attachable and detachable, so that when not needed the spike can be readily removed, and thus avoid injury to the spike and to doors or carpets, as well as the inconvenience which is caused by wearing a spiked shoe while walking on pavements and doors.

The invention consists in a socketed plate adapted to be attached to the sole of a shoe,

2O and a removable spikeplate having ixedlugs to engage with one or more sockets in thesoleplate, and a movable or swiveled lug or button adapted to enter another socket in the soleplate and to be turned therein to lock the spike-plate to the sole-plate, as we will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, Figure l represents a bottom view of the sole-plate attached to a 3o shoe-sole. Fig. 2 represents a bottom view of the spikeplate attached to the sole-plate. Fig. 3 represents a section online x x, Fig. l. Fig. 4 represents a section online y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a section on linea z, Fig. 2. Fig.

6 represents a perspective view of the spikeplate.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the ligures.

In the drawings, a represents a plate, prefio erably of circular form, adapted (as by screwholes) to be attached to a shoesole, b. In said plate are formed sockets c d e, the sockets c e being oblong, while the central socket, d, is circular. The material of the sole is eut away over the sockets c e to form recesses above the edges of saidsockets.

j' represents the spike-plate, which is provided with one or more spikes, f', preferably formed lby bending down portions ofthe plate, 5o although we do not limit ourselves to this construction. On the upper side of the spike plate are two fixed lugs or projections, c d', the former of which is oblong and formed with a lip, 2, which is adapted to enter the socket o and engage one end thereof, as shown in Fig. 4. The lug or projection d is circular and is formed to enter the circular socket d. The spike-plate is also provided with a swiveled lug or button, c, which is formed so that when turned in one direction it willenter the socket 6o @,and is capable of being turned in said socket, so as to extend across and interlock with the sides of said socket, as shown in Fig. 5.

In attaching the spike-plateto thesole-plate the lug c is inserted in and engaged with one end ot' the socket c, and the spike-plate is pressed against the sole-plate, thus causing the lug or stud d' to ent-er the socket d and the swiveled lug or button eto enter the sockete. The lug or button c is then turned to interlock with the edges of the socket e, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The spike-plate is thus secured to the sole-plate by the engagement of the lugs c and e with the sockets c and e, and is prevented from moving laterally by the close lit of the lug or stud d in the socket d, so that the lug c' cannot become disengaged by a lateral or edgewise movement of the spike-plate.

To detach the spike-plate it is only necessary to turn the button e' so that it will pass 8J through the socket e, whereupon the spikeplate can be removed from the soleplate.

The button e' is provided with a suitable handle or projection, 3, whereby it may be turned to secure and release the spike-plate.

XVe do notlimit ourselves in all cases to the use of the fixed central stud, d", as the spikeplate may be secured with a reasonable degree of certainty by the lug c and button c'. Ve prefer to use the fixed stud d', however, as a 9o safeguard against the slipping of the spikeplate upon the sole-plate.

Ball-players or club managers may keep extra spikey plates on hand for use in case of breakage of a plate on a player-s shoe.

1. The sole-plate adapted for attachment to a boot or shoe sole and provided with the sock ets c and e, combined with the spikeplate having the fixed lug c', formed to engage the Ice socket c, and the swveled lug or button e', names to this specification, in the presence of 1o formed to engage the socket e, as set forth. two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of 2. The sole-plate provided with the sockets March, A. D. 1888. c d and e, combined with the spike-plate hav- 5 :ingy the xed lug c', adapted to engage the SAMUEL KINGSTON' socket c, the fixed stud d', adapted to t the WILLIAM H' MCGUNN IGLE' socket d, and the swiveled lug or button e',

Witnesses: adapted to engage the socket e, as set forth. C. F. BROWN,

In testimony whereof We have signed our A. D. HARRISON. 

